Holy Anniversaries! The Most Rev. John C. Wester, Bishop of Salt Lake City, will celebrate the 36th anniversary of his priestly ordination on May 15; Father Jan Bednarz, pastor of Saint Martin de Porres Parish, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination on May 27; Monsignor Colin F. Bircumshaw, Vicar General of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will celebrate the 37th anniversary of his ordination on May 30; Monsignor George F. Davich, retired, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination on May 12; Father Samuel Dinsdale, pastor of Saint Marguerite Parish, will celebrate the ninth anniversary of his ordination on May 29; Father Patrick Elliott, pastor of Holy Family Parish, will celebrate the 12th anniversary of his ordination on May 19; Monsignor J. Terrence Fitzgerald, Vicar General emeritus of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination on May 12; Father Dominic Thuy Dang Ha, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, will celebrate the 28th anniversary of his ordination on May 11; Father Stanislaw Herba, pastor of Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Lawrence parishes, will celebrate the 48th anniversary of his ordination on May 17; Father Oscar Martinez, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his ordination on May 18; Father Omar Ontiveros, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his ordination on May 18; Father Oscar Picos, pastor of Saint George Parish, San Pablo Mission and Saint Paul Catholic Center, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his ordination on May 18; Father Jose Rausseo, associate pastor of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, will celebrate the fifth anniversary of his ordination on May 31; Father John Schwall, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes (Salt Lake City) Parish, will celebrate the sixth anniversary of his ordination on May 18; Monsignor Robert Servatius, pastor of Sacrament Parish, will celebrate the 48th anniversary of his ordination on May 23 and Father Richard Sherman, pastor of Saint Elizabeth Parish, will celebrate the 12th anniversary of his ordination on May 15.
Requiescant in Pace
In keeping with Catholic tradition, we remember the anniversaries of death for deceased clergy who served the Diocese of Salt Lake City, especially those whose anniversaries are this month. They are Society of Mary Father J.B. Chataige, May 3, 1901; Father Patrick J. Curran, May 17, 2008; Father James R. Garvey, May 20, 1988; Society of Mary Father William F. Gelsdorf, May 14, 1951; Monsignor Wilfrid J. Giroux, May 4, 1947; Dominican Father Leo T. Halloran, May 23, 1950; Monsignor James T. Kenny, May 31, 2009; Monsignor Patrick A. Maguire, May 3, 1966; Father Michael Raimondo, May 11, 1921; the Right Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, first Bishop of Salt Lake City, May 10, 1915; Father Ernest Schneider, May 4, 1958; Monsignor Jerome C. Stoffel, May 13, 2001; Monsignor William E. Vaughan, May 24, 1988; Deacon James Aguilar, May 16, 1998; Deacon Fernando L. Godina, May 5, 2008; and Deacon John P. O’Brien, May 20, 2011.
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